The prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a critical role in the generation and regulation of emotion.
However, we lack an integrative framework for understanding how different emotion-related …

Intrinsic motivation refers to people's spontaneous tendencies to be curious and interested,
to seek out challenges and to exercise and develop their skills and knowledge, even in the …

People are often aware of their mistakes, and report levels of confidence in their choices that
correlate with objective performance. These metacognitive assessments of decision quality …

In recent years there has been an increase in the number of portable low-cost
electroencephalographic (EEG) systems available to researchers. However, to date the …

In spite of its familiar phenomenology, the mechanistic basis for mental effort remains poorly
understood. Although most researchers agree that mental effort is aversive and stems from …

This chapter reviews the original formulations of the distinction between controlled and
automatic processing. This review is intended to be useful in at least two ways: as a guide to …

Reinforcement learning (RL) enables robots to learn its optimal behavioral strategy in
dynamic environments based on feedback. Explicit human feedback during robot RL is …

Progress in understanding the underlying neurobiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) has stalled in part because of the considerable problem of heterogeneity within this …

In the last two decades the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) has become one of the most
investigated areas of the brain. Extensive neuroimaging evidence suggests countless …

The function of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) remains controversial, yet many theories
suggest a role in behavioral adaptation, partly because a robust event-related potential, the …